The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25

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probable that each succeeding year WI
seejo our apples freer from worms, an
that in a few years they WIN have Gil
appeared altog iber.
PluqnS-Fhere are many hhe plum
-aIsed il Utah, the bulk of the crop .
'lg the M sguum BourEn VARIETY. IL
foWth O. plums la>j season feN muc
hort Of our usual quantity, and
ere far from supEly!uE the u"mai y
,jtheT kinds we'll liked are the " /.
ington and 81. Martin. But x -
German prune thEc is coming lnto p%on
ineuce and seems destined coon 70 lah
g lead.
Pears-There IS a sure demand lc
more Utah pears than have vel
produced. There IS 3 sack chiefly
early varieties of which We have le
besides the Bartlett. Growers hay
aid oyermgch attention to wIn
PEARS, which ripen too late to secul
yorable sale. They now realize tn
ct, and it is likely shat failure eai
III ind n better supply of earle
kinde. Toe Utah gear Is Gn eEtremel
rich iTuts ne trees thrive brst.In III
FegioC VIVA plaBred on cihy soils,
tina III ,.-.-r grOrrsds that are not suI
able ior z. ..rs Ire those which VI
serve wei Tor pears.
Other fruits IL most seasons, Jts
has a good crop cf 4proicots for exPoT
and cherries il limited supply. Th
ltapes are good quantity, b1J
points favor .S5a for shipping are nj
as handsome - those from California
In southern Utah they raise beauu !
rrapea Of Inc GICh -edvOr the aVeraa
yiel& ,oer acre being G,260 poE1ds. a.
cordi1g to thelatest data. Straw bern;
and raspberres are seth native 70 Uial
as is the red and black CuTraut. Undt
lltiVation she yield is very sarEe al
of eurpass1ng quality.
UTAH DElED FRUIT,
Such IS the wide repu tation whil
. ten enjoys for the excellence OF Il
dried fruiae that .Ecy command a FAM
price throughout the entire UD!ee
-.ates. in competition with the Be
ennessee, they bring iD Chicago eu
ther cities from two IL foEE tines Il
rice.
In ihematter e nursery produces
ands tc reason that he acchmate
,rowths OF oUr0z ountain nurseries vi
heir reuutatien for fine fruits an
ardy nature, should bring about
considerable traffic in yO0ng tEees boz
If our native soil and air. W bsiIe,
the reason Why there are not gre;
many shipped 70 points where OFF frui
IRE eHS5ed boz not matched, is be0au
hey have not been prod1ced on laTs
enough scale, nor their merits adyeI
ised.
In this lauL of gardens and grove
re also know what shade t-ess be
hrive, aud a demand for them frOl
abroa6 has sprung up within ths yea
ONE 100 600 T9ung trees having alread
JeeD exported.
STOCK INTERESTS.
Ifoar climate is too dry for the luz
oriant growth of grasses, the conform
alton of our Territory is such that
fully oils is 60 the stock-raiser what
ever "drawbao1s msy be laid to th
want of summer rains. AS the. fee
begins 30 glRa out on the lower benche
In the spring, the snow lire IS recediu
on the foOt-l1i,ls, and stock is pasture
at higher attitudes as the eeason ad
Yanees, until II the midsummer the
grRzs among the grassy Valleys OF ia
mountains sEd on the cod, high pla
teaUs. WAea winter approaches, the
gradually rstire agai3, and by the tim
of general snowfall are roaming owe
low, wide raages wGeTe they cannot eE
istin summer for hest and va ant {
water. Ehis'ChangiGg life brings tbeE
health and AGrdihOSd. They have
Summer 9Zt' every year and are tho
developed into the aeRrdisst races G
America. She ranges OF one season a.
held IN reserve at another. During III
summer. or the miiiiens of acres q
the interior basins, too dry for summe
ranges, the native bgefeh Grass is mG
turing and cures standing, ready 70
the Immense focks and herds whiul
willaWinter &hcEe. In these regions th
snowfall is light enough to turnisl
water for tbs STOCK, bat not to bury tn
dry, fetteUipg, bunch grass, famous 10
its nutritiVe qualities. Such, in rounC
teFms, is the manner Of raising cattle
hoFseB, and sleep iR Utah, and tn
-iGuintUpling OF these interests in To
last six years IS sufficient proof Of it
excellence. Taken altogether, thaF
are not fewer than j eco 900 animal
heTdeG IL C&&h, against .5G4, $50 re
ported by the Bureau of StatIsticsii
1876. s3egG esythis increase in numbers
the Intrinsic value per head of CATH
and horses s almost doubled, Will
shat g. sheep has been greatly il
proved.
CattLs--It has been pretty well dem
onstrated that the number OF cattle il
Utah, is almost7Aalf a million, valued
at $lt $50 coo. -2Fhile this is comparR
lively few in B11 bers. and the averag,
value par head is high. Tie iow pric,
of beef n the East prevents any grea
exports. which Il 1885 &luo4 &t d tt
100000 from shipments made {
Wyoming and Chicago, but in l8se die
not am92nt to more than haIf thai. tht
most OF them Goi2g to NebFaska fol
feeders. More than one promineui
-stockmaC says there is NO place on
earth whsTe they est such good, juicy
beef as infU tab.
Horses--3o lar as Z tab is concerned
the cayuSs is practically extinct.
Such has been the care exercised in
breeding up during recent years that
the y tab range horse is q better animal
Tor his.Ksig&t and size than any Other
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